Boston Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:36:21, Place overall: 3284, Place in age division: 1887

Total Distance

26.20

Kind of a miserable, death march of a run for me. The heat just destroyed me and it got me early. I wanted to be done at mile 10 and at mile 15 I thought "this is going to be a long 11 mile walk." Still fun though to run back here. Wellesley, Boston College and pretty much the last 5 miles are just incredible. The crowds are unbeleivable. More than any other marathon besides the first one, I was just so glad to be done.

My plan was to start off and try and hit around 21:30 to 22:00 on each 5k and see how things felt after a couple. First two 5ks came in just over 22:00, which was slower than I wanted, but not too bad. The bad thing is that I felt like I was having to really work hard to get these times and the miles were not clicking by very fast. I was drenched in sweat after a mile. I knew things were going to be rough when I already had the doubts creeping in around mile 8 and 9. I should have just dialed it back and took my time once I had these thoughts. I hit the half in just over 1:36:00, which also wasn't too bad, but I just was not in it mentally. Anyways, it turned into a run/walk marathon pretty early for me. The Newton Hills were a lot tougher this year than I remembered them being from last year. On the down hills I was actually able to keep a descent pace going, but then I would stop and walk when it flattened out.

Overall, the race itself was a blast. There is nothing like running that marathon. The way I ran the race is what is disappointing to me. I wish I would have just held back and took my time. I probably should have just started and ran with my brother, who ended up finishing about 1 min ahead of me. It's easy to say the heat is what destroyed me (and I think it did), but I should have been smarter with things from the beginning of the race. The trip was very fun though.

Elliptical for 1 hour. I had to do some form of exercise cause I felt gross. Legs are sore, but nowhere near as sore as after other marathons or even half marathons I've done. But I'm still going to try and really ease back into things. Two of my toe nails took the brunt of the damage during the marathon. Nice to sweat a little today.

Crossfit. Deadlift - 5 rep max (175 lbs - easing back into things). Then in 5 rounds complete in 3 minutes 400 m run and 12 toes to bar. This workout is right my alley. This is the first I've run since the marathon. Felt clunky and heavy and pushed it a lot more than I should have.